Flowers Flags and Birds Fly High Above the Bellagio’s Summer Gardens (Photo credit Chuck Eirschele) I come to the Bellagio Conservatory and Botanical Gardens to find flowers, when I visit Las Vegas, Nevada. Every year, I look forward to their new indoor gardens. The only predictable aspects of the gardens are the imaginative colossal de [...]

  The plant sale at Desert Botanical Garden is held in the shadow of Papago Buttes. The sea of plants are enticing. Photo credit Chuck Eirschele. My all-time favorite plant sellers are found at botanical gardens, events put on by master gardeners or garden clubs.  You can count on plants coming from the region’s backyard, there are [...]

In a recent interview I did with Tim Wood of Spring Meadow Nursery, he told me he thought, “Kingwod Center was a hidden jewel in Ohio.”  I think he is right; the people around Mansfield have a real gem in their midst.  It was the first public botanical garden I visited after moving to Ohio, it was just wonderful. Gardens planted w [...]